Indorama plans June maintenance for Rotterdam PET/PTA plant

15 February 2010 14:53  [Source: ICIS news]

LONDON (ICIS news)--Indorama will halt production at its purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant at Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in early to mid-June for up to two weeks of planned maintenance work, a company source said on Monday.

The exact dates of the shutdown and restart were yet to be confirmed, but the plant was expected to be off line for 10-14 days, the source added.

The source said that in the build-up to the shutdown, the plant will stockpile material and deliver to customers as normal throughout the maintenance period.

As a result, it was not expected to have a major impact on the European PTA or PET markets, the source added.

The Rotterdam plant has a nameplate capacity of 200,000 tonnes/year of PET and 350,000 tonnes/year of PTA, the source said.

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By: Mark Victory
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